Folding chair.



Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

tneooea JOHN T. HALL, OF IHOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

FOLDING CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 24;, 1909.

Application filed. October 9, 1908. Serial No. 456,976.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN T. HALL, citizen of the United States,residing at Hopkinsvllle, in the county of Christian and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingChairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding chairs, and has for its object toprovide an improved folding chair which can be readily and cheaplyconstructed and which can be folded to occupy small space which makes itconvenient for storage and transportation. The chair is provided witharm rests which can also be folded to a position parallel to the body.of the chair.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichFigure 1 is a front elevation of the chair; Fig. 2 is a side elevation;Fig. 3 is a side ele vation in folded position.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates two side bars orpieces which form the front legs and the supports for the back, thelatter being formed by slats 7 secured to upper and lower cross bars 8and 9 which connect the side bars. The seat comprises slats 1O fastenedto the front ends of side bars 11 which are pivotally mounted by a round12 between the side bars 6, the rear ends of the bars 11 projecting atthe back where they are provided with a series of notches 18. The seatframe so constructed may be set at an angle to the back frame, or swungto substantial parallelism therewith. The rear legs 14 are pivoted bythe lower round 9 to the back bars 6, and said legs are connected byrounds 15 and 16 the former of which is adapted to engage in the notches13 in the side bars 11, whereby the legs are prevented from spreadingand the seat is held in position. A lower round 17 connects the lowerends of the side bars 6 for the sake of strength. The pivotal connectionof the rear legs 14 allows them when disengaged to be swung up besidethe back of the chair, the

rounds 15 and 16 entering notches 17 and 18 in the rear side of the backframes 6, to allow the legs to be folded almost parallel to the back.

The chair is provided with arm rests each of which consists of an armpiece 19 fastened to the top of a bar 20 which is pivoted at its rearend, at 21, to the rear leg 14: and which is connected by a brace 22 tothe front leg 6, the brace being pivotally connected at both ends to theparts mentioned, the brace being located in the same plane as the rearleg so that when the arm rest is folded the brace will swing within thebar 20, that is, between said bar and the frame 6. The length of thebrace 22 added to the distance from its pivot 23 to the pivot 21 isequal to the distance from the pivot 2 1 to the pivot 9 added to thedistance from the pivot 9 to the pivot 21, so that the brace, the bar 20of the arm rest, the rear leg, and the back bar 6, will all besubstantially parallel when the parts are folded.

hen the chair is set up the back may be inclined as desired by engagingthe round 15 in the appropriate notches 13. To fold the chair said roundis disengaged and the rear legs 14 are swung back and up against theback of the chair, and by the same action the arm rests swing to foldedposition, as shown and the seat swings down to position between thelower ends of the main bars 6.

The invention is not limited to the exact embodiment shown and describednor otherwise than is indicated in the following claims.

I claim: a

1. A folding chair having a back frame, and rear legs pivoted at theirupper ends thereto, and an arm rest comprising a bar pivoted to a rearleg below its said pivotal connection to the back frame,'and a bracepivotally connected to the bar and the side of the back frame.

2. A folding chair having a back frame with side pieces, and rear legspivoted at their upper ends to said side pieces and an arm rest.comprising a bar pivoted at its rear end to a rear leg below the pivotof the latter, and a brace pivoted at its upper end to the said barintermediate its ends, and pivoted at its lower end to the side piece ofthe back below the pivot of the rear leg.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN T. HALL.

Witnesses LESLIE HAYDON, J. T. EDMUNDS,

